Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi, Nico H?â??lkenberg… what do the three F1 rookies announced for this year all have in common?

Yep, they’re all on Twitter – joining the likes of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello who started using it last year.

With more drivers using Twitter F1 fans are increasingly able to ask questions directly to their favourite drivers or teams. How long will it be before the entire grid is on Twitter?

Hopefully F1 will not adopt the anti-Twitter practices of some sports. In America the National Football League and National Basketball Association bans competitors from using Twitter and similar social media services for a set amount of time before and after games. Some players have been fined thousands of dollars for Tweeting about games.

With more F1 drivers taking up Tweeting we can hear directly from them. Here’s what the new boy shave been saying:

Bruno Senna

Bruno Senna is only an occasional Twitterer but he did have a few things to say about his move to Campos before it was announced. Nothing yet from him this year but that may change once testing gets started.

35 comments on New F1 drivers on Twitter

I would like to see you make Lists on twitter, one for drivers, one for team bosses, etc. So that we can easily follow the lists, while you can update the list anytime there’s a new driver joining twitter.